Tropical Storm Watch Issued For Parts Of Coastal Carolinas
A tropical storm watch is in effect for parts of North and South Carolina.
An advisory says the watch stretches from near Georgetown, South Carolina, to Duck, North Carolina, in the northern Outer Banks.
At 5 a.m., the storm was stationary about 185 miles southwest of Charleston.
The storm is expected to move slowly toward the South Carolina coast Monday and is expected to become a tropical storm by Tuesday. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 mph with higher gusts.
The National Hurricane Center expects the system to bring up to 6 inches of rain along the coasts of North and South Carolina and southeast Virginia. Forecasters say moderate flooding is possible along the northern South Carolina and southeastern North Carolina coast.
General Assembly Back To Debating Redistricting Plans
Federal judges want North Carolina redistricting completed by later this week, so the General Assembly is back to work voting on legislative boundaries.
The state House and Senate scheduled Monday floor sessions to debate and vote on their respective district maps. The Senate already gave tentative approval to its plan late last week on a largely party-line vote. Each chamber also will have to vote on the other chamber's plans before the two maps are approved.
NC Justices Seek Ideas On 2011 Redistricting Case
North Carolina's highest court wants suggestions about what to do now that the U.S. Supreme Court returned a long-running redistricting case to the state's justices.
The state Supreme Court scheduled oral arguments Monday about 2011 litigation challenging North Carolina's legislative and congressional districts that year.
The state's justices twice upheld the Republican maps, but in May the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back for consideration in light of a separate federal court ruling striking down North Carolina congressional districts.
Top NC Court Takes Up Lawmakers Stripping Governor's Powers
North Carolina's highest court for the first time wades into the long-running effort by Republican state legislators to strip away as many powers as possible from new Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
The state Supreme Court hears from attorneys Monday over Cooper's claim that a law diminishing the governor's authority to oversee election operations is unconstitutional.
The law gives Republicans an advantage in even-numbered years when national and statewide contests bring out the most voters and it could allow the state's GOP elections executive to stay in her job for years.
Arrest In Threat To Blow Up Courthouse, Confederate Marker
Authorities say a threat on social media to blow up a North Carolina courthouse with a Confederate monument out front has led police to charge a man with attempting to incite a riot.
Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson said 24-year-old Thomas Jeffries Jr. replied, "let's just blow the whole courthouse up" on a social media post suggesting someone tear down the Confederate monument outside the courthouse in Graham.
Authorities say Jeffries made the threat Aug. 14 and was arrested Friday.
North Carolina Sending Rescue Teams To Texas
North Carolina is sending help to Texas as the state endures catastrophic flooding due to Hurricane Harvey.
Governor Roy Cooper's office has announced that two Helicopter and Aquatic Rescue Teams, known as NC HART, are en route to San Antonio, Texas to help with flood rescue and response.
Some of the same crews heading to Texas helped rescue people trapped in floodwaters last fall following Hurricane Matthew.
The teams will spend the next 10 days supporting rescue missions while based in San Antonio.
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